You're very welcome to your opinion as to what it 'sounds like' I did. It's wrong, but feel free to be creative with my thought processes if you like.

My dealer was very happy to take it in PX. Ebay does not exist in NZ and not many members of this site live in NZ.

Funny that. Why not just list on Ebay US or Ebay AU? I know of several Ebay sellers in NZ(not photographic gear though) and I have sold items to buyers from NZ even though I live in Australia and listed on Ebay US. There is evan a very large power tool seller on Ebay that operates out of NZ.

For some reason listing on ebay from NZ is a pain. I have an Australian ebay address when I want to list or buy from ebay. Mostly I list on Trademe, which is hugely popular in NZ. Now there is a rival called Sella, which has no fees and is pretty much identical.

Fuji do seemed to have rushed the X-Pro 1 to market. One reason that I would not buy is the lack of diopter ( a very odd omission- the X100 has one).

My X100 (now 22months old) is still fine. I just wish Fuji would bring out a fixed zoom version but really then I might as well get an X-E1 and 18-55.